On Thursday, April 16 at 6:30 pm, around 30 people filled the Andres
Bello Hall of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC to view the
Hands Off Venezuela documentary No Volverán. The crowd
included members of the Farabuno Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN)
of El Salvador, people from Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela, and many
workers from the Venezuelan Embassy itself.

A new film on the Venezuelan Revolution.
Produced by Vive TV in Venezuela, this new documentary on FRETECO
explores the movement of occupied factories and workers' control in
Venezuela. From the Mitsubishi auto plant to the Inveval valve plant;
from the Gotcha T-Shirt factory to the INAF hardware factory, workers
young and old, male and female, tell their stories and explain why they
came to the realization that demanding nationalization under workers'
control is the only way forward.

The Hands off Venezuela campaign has learnt news of the killing of 3
leading trade unionists in Aragua, Venezuela, on November 27th. We
would like to condemn this brutal killing in the strongest terms.

On May 11th, 2008 the Workers International League (WIL) in cooperation with the US Hands Off Venezuela campaign, hosted Jorge Martin, international secretary of Hands Off Venezuela, in San Francisco as part of his ongoing North American tour. The topic of the meeting was about Latin America and the revolutionary struggle. Meeting was held in the Brava theater in the heart of the Mission district, an overwhelmingly Latino neighborhood.

On May 20th, the Hands Off Venezuela campaign [HOV], the Workers International League [WIL] and the Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of NYC co-sponsored a discussion on Revolutionary Latin America, which focused on Venezuela. Meeting at the headquarters of SEIU 1199, the two speakers were Marcos Garcia, labor attache from the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC and Jorge Martin from the international Hands Off Venezuela Campaign.

Jorge Martin continued his North American tour with a public meeting on May 17 at the Central Labor Union Council in Minneapolis, MN. Some 70 people turned up for the event, with several trade unionists in attendance. Speaking on "Revolutionary Latin America," Jorge was joined by Yasmin Tovar, a local Venezuela solidarity activist; August Nimtz, Professor at the University of Minnesota and expert on Cuba; and Gerardo Cajamarca, an exiled Colombian trade unionist now working with the United Steel Workers. See article for a video of Jorge's speech!

The Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, and the Present and Future of a 21st Century Left in Bolivia, Ecuador and Latin America. Wednesday, May 7th at 7:30 P.M at the Olympia Free School at 610 Columbia. (Columbia and Legion, downtown Olympia)

Six Years of Popular Struggle In Venezuela and Latin America: An evening with Jorge Martin, International Secretary of Hands Off Venezuela. May 6th at 7:00 pm at Liberty Hall in Portland, OR. Read the ful article for more information.

Jorge Martin, the International Secretary of Hands Off Venezuela, will speak on the revolutionary struggle in Latin America at the Brava Theater in San Francisco, CA on May 11. See the article for more information. Click here for a full color leaflet.

HOV International Secretary Jorge Martin will end his U.S. tour with a stop in New York City on May 20th at 7:00 pm at the headquarters of SEIU 1199 (10 West 43rd Street). Marcos Garcia, labor attache for the Venezuean Embassy in Washington, DC will also be speaking on the history of the Venezuelan trade unions.

What's Really Happening in Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, Mexico and the rest of the region? Come join us for a discussion with Jorge Martín - International Secretary for the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign and Latin America correspondent for Marxist.com. 7:00 pm on May 17 at the Central Labor Union Council in Minneapolis. Read the article for more information.

This is the new trailer to the film, Five Factories. The film covers shows the conditions of workers in five nationalized factories. These factories are co-operatively run by the workers in them and the state. These factories are a part of the Bolivarian socio-economic development project designed to challenge and provide an alternative to the dominant neo-liberal development model. Workers councils play a key role in management of these factories, and the film examines the challenges and successes of these factories and how they are run.